The Curse of the Somers: A History of the Warship That Transformed the US Navy and Inspired Herman Melville's Billy Budd by James P. Delgado, James P. Delgado

The Curse of the Somers: A History of the Warship That Transformed the US Navy and Inspired Herman Melville's Billy Budd

James P. Delgado, James P. Delgado

288 pages missing pub info (editions)

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The repercussions of those acts brought headlines, scandal, a fistfight at a cabinet meeting, a court martial, ruined lives, lost reputations, and tales of a haunted ship bound for the devil and lost tragically at sea with many of its crew. The So...

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